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From fires to fish, heat wave batters Russia.
All week long, temperatures have been soaring to records, and on Thursday, they reached a new high for Moscow, 100 degrees. July has been the hottest month since the city began taking such measurements 130 years ago, officials said.
Gulf of Mexico has long been a sink of pollution.
The gulf is one of the most diverse ecosystems in the hemisphere, home to abundant wildlife and natural resources. But like no other American body of water, the gulf bears the environmental consequences of the country’s economic pursuits and appetites, including oil and corn.
Chemicals in rivers linked to sexual changes in fish, researchers say.
Alberta researchers say gender-bending fish swimming in the province’s southern rivers raise serious questions about whether the water is safe for people to drink.
House rejects bill to aid sick 9/11 responders.
A bill that would have provided up to $7.4 billion in aid to people sickened by World Trade Center dust fell short in the House on Thursday, raising the possibility that the bulk of compensation for the ill will come from a legal settlement hammered out in the federal courts.
Trussville parents say tainted water at Camp Lejeune, N.C., caused childrens' brain cancer.
A tainted water supply at the military base at Camp Lejeune, N.C., caused brain cancer in the two children of a Trussville couple, a federal lawsuit filed last week alleges.
New database shows oilsands pollution slow, steady drip: scientist.
A new database that compiles thousands of government and industry records on Alberta's oilsands lays out in painstaking detail how the industry is a constant source of low-level pollution to the area's land, air and water, says the scientist who pulled it all together.
Texas proposes new rules for shale gas drilling.
Texas environmental regulators have formally proposed beefing up regulations on oil and gas drilling, in an attempt to reduce air pollution caused when companies use new technology to extract natural gas trapped in deep shales.
Feds charge Tonawanda coke with environmental crimes.
The Tonawanda Coke Corporation and its Environmental Control Manager Mark Kamholz are charged with 20 federal crimes; most of them are violations of the federal Clean Air Act. People who live by the plant have been complaining of air quality and high cancer rates for years.
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Waste not, want not - posted January 15 2007
Andi McDaniel has a piece entitled Can We Create a World Without Waste? at Alternet. I think it's an important piece to read as the earth grows smaller... the places on this planet which we use as dumping grounds are getting closer and closer to people as developed areas and populations expand.One of the ways to curb the trash we throw out is to be smarter about buying - avoiding whatever we do not need, and perhaps avoiding what is covered in too much packaging. But some manufacturers and selle...
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